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gorgeousingray said:
I believe I read somewhere that the bull Patra Mas was indeed fertile. Possibly he has issues with mating itself.
Regardless, time is of the essence to get Permai's first calf :).
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The non-breeding may well be because this pair have been together since a very young age. The bull might well mate with unfamiliar cows, or the cow with a different bull. Location is an unusually big problem for Perth though.
 
gorgeousingray said:
Permai is twenty three years old, and the recommended maximum breeding age for first time mothers is twenty four. I believe I read somewhere that the bull Patra Mas was indeed fertile. Possibly he has issues with mating itself.
Regardless, time is of the essence to get Permai's first calf :).
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At least 2 attempts at AI have been made with the elephants at Perth Zoo that l am aware of, obviously none successful.
 
zooman said:
At least 2 attempts at AI have been made with the elephants at Perth Zoo that l am aware of, obviously none successful.
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Having grown up as siblings means the stimulus ain't there.
I just wonder also whether the female has a cycle at all ..
 
Kifaru Bwana said:
Having grown up as siblings means the stimulus ain't there.
I just wonder also whether the female has a cycle at all ..
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Given the cost of AI, l would be surprised if they would do this with an elephant was not cycleing.
 
From an article about the Perth elephants I read some year(s) ago, she did cycle, the bull mated her (although rather late), and when she didn`t get pregnant from natural mating, they did AI. Which, as we now know, didn`t help neither. It is safe to consider her as a non-breeder now. Plus, if she got pregnant at age 23, she would have a terrible risk of having a stillbirth at best or dying together with her calf at worst. The recommended maximum breeding age as of 24 (= age at birth 26) is too high.
 
Goura said:
Does anyone know what sort of timescale they are looking at for the 'Jungle' exhibit being planned near where the South American parrots are?
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Just to add to this that the masterplan includes a mixed gorilla/colobus exhibit, so maybe this will be part of 'Jungle'?
 
Jabiru96 said:
Just to add to this that the masterplan includes a mixed gorilla/colobus exhibit, so maybe this will be part of 'Jungle'?
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I'd like to see the plans - i have a horrible feeling it's going to look quite cramped with the sort of space they have available. I was rather hoping to see a large walk-through area for northwest and northeast birds - by the way, do you know if any Australian collections include Riflebirds? (any of the three species since they are all found in Australia)
 
I don't know if he's still alive. I believe he may be/have been the last riflebird in an Australian zoo (?)
 
Chlidonias said:
I don't know if he's still alive. I believe he may be/have been the last riflebird in an Australian zoo (?)
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A Victoria's Riflebird was still alive in 2008 - I took some shots of him in the Rainforest Aviary on Christmas Day of that year.

:p

Hix
 
Great! Will check it out tomorrow. Whilst watching a wildlife documentary today i couldn't help thinking how nice it would be to have Comb-crested jacanas in the wetlands aviary.
 
Where are they releasing them?

:p

Hix
 
Perth Zoo is going to renovate the front entrance later this year. There isn't any mention of adding new animal exhibits with this renovation but let's see.
 
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